We were talking online pretty much every day, getting to know each other virtually, but there were no dates on the docket. This made me think it’s possible that all singles are floating around out there with different definitions of “dating.” For God’s sake, I think we need to come up with an agreed upon definition. Let’s set some guidelines here to avoid further confusion.
“I can’t have dinner with you again because I don’t want a relationship,” he told me gently. A date doesn’t equal a relationship,” I explained, getting frustrated.
This term may also refer to two or more people who have already decided they share romantic or sexual feelings toward each other.
These people will have dates on a regular basis, and they may or may not be having sexual relations.
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I was on the phone with the guy I had gone on a handful of dates with.
I'm her, but she wrote for the Post and I wrote for the Times".
People nod, and then ask me whatever pressing dating questions they have.
How presumptuous of him to assume I wanted a relationship with him, not to mention how confounded I was by his jump in logic.